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117 dead are buried at Koto-ri
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chosin
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With the ground frozen and the road south still to be fought for, **117 Marines, soldiers and Royal Marines commandos** were buried together in one grave at Koto-ri on 8 December 1950, before the division moved out. **Read more:** [The Battle of Chosin — PBS American Experience](https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/chosin-battle) *Image: Wikimedia Commons (Marines move out of Koto-ri, 8 December 1950; USMC Archives, CC BY 2.0).*
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